Doctor Grimshawe's Secret: A Romance.
by HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Endsheets slightly foxed; light rubbing to cloth at extremities; very slightly shelf-slanted; tight and sound.
- Seller
-
Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston:: James R. Osgood and Company,, 1883.. First edition.. original decorated green cloth.. Endsheets slightly foxed; light rubbing to cloth at extremities; very slightly shelf-slanted; tight and sound.. 8vo,. Edited, with Preface and Notes by Julian Hawthorne. BAL 7642.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17127
- Title
- Doctor Grimshawe's Secret: A Romance.
- Author
- HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
- Format/Binding
- Original decorated green cloth.
- Book Condition
- Used - Endsheets slightly foxed; light rubbing to cloth at extremities; very slightly shelf-slanted; tight and sound.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood and Company,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- 1883.
- Pages
- xiii, 368 pp.
- Size
- 8vo,
Terms of Sale
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
All books are returnable within ten days if returned in the same condition as sent. New York residents please add 8% sales tax. All items guaranteed. Members ABAA, ILAB.
About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Specializing in modern first editions since 1978. Fine and rare books in all fields.
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